I don't know how many kinds of heavy metal you can think of, but I can think, oh I don't know, Death Metal, Goth Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu metal, Calssic Metal, Trap Metal, I don't know, Scrap Metal, I don't know. Well there's million of fucking different kinds of classifications of heavy metal. So ah, Iron Maiden eh? What do you reckon? What kind of heavy metal is Iron Maiden? I'll tell you what we are. I'll tell you what kind of music this is that we play. I'll tell you what kind of box to put Iron Maiden in. Are we Nu? Are you classic? Are we scrap? Are we Speed? I'll tell you what - we are Iron fucking Maiden and that's it, motherfuckers.
And the reason - the reason that we are here, on this stage, tonight, and maybe in November when we come back to do some more gigs for you, with the album and everything, and all that shit, right? The reason that we are here, is not because we're fucking clever. The reason that we are here is because you put us on this fucking stage and without you - we are nothing.
So this is a song, for everybody here tonight. For everybody that has the freedom to think for themselves.
Do you know that I was talking to MTV earlier today? MTV have discovered Iron Maiden! Oh, thank god! Do we give a shit? (No) Right.
For the independence of thought! To ignore pop music! To ignore fashion! To ignore bullshit! To ignore the press! To think for yourselves, to listen to the music in your hearts and your minds!
This is a song about that kind of shit. This is a song about freedom!
It takes place a long time ago, in Scotland. They were the bad guys. They were the english, but hey shit, we can't be perfect all the time, you know?
A guy called William Wallace, Braveheart. The freedom to belong, to be the Clansman.
Wake alone in the hills
with the wind in your face
It feels good to be proud
and be free and a race
That is part of a clan
and to live on highlands
And the air that you breathe
so pure and so clean
When alone on the hills
With the wind in your hair
With a longing to feel
